Homemade Fresh Peach Popsicles

🧾 Ingredients Needed

Whilst the ingredients list is short, I've made notes alongside the ingredients below with some tips and substitutions where necessary.

This isn't a churned ice cream so the creaminess levels definitely aren't that of a traditional gelato. I find these popsicles sit perfectly in the middle of a fruit juice ice pop and a churned ice cream. It has the creaminess from the yogurt but the water content in the puree gives it that subtle iciness you'd expect from a fruit pop.

• Peaches - Yellow or white flesh peaches can be used. They need to be at their ripest which in turn helps with the sweet juicy flavour. Substitute with fresh nectarines, plums, or apricots.
• Yogurt - Greek or natural yogurt works here. Just ensure it's full fat to provide the necessary creaminess we're after.
• Lemon zest - The lemon adds a beautiful citrus layer to the peach pops. Ultimately, you don't need to include it, but it just adds that lemony touch.
• Honey - The necessary sweetness from the honey is important to the overall flavour. You can use golden syrup or maple syrup as an alternative but the overall taste will change slightly.
• Salt - I love to add a little salt to my sweet treats to offset the sweetness.
• Cornflour - The cornflour (corn starch) may feel like an odd addition to these fruit popsicles but the starch helps inhibit the formation of ice crystals which in turn keeps the popsicles slightly creamier. You don't taste it I promise.

👩🏻‍🍳 How to Make

You are about to see how incredibly easy these Peach popsicles are to make. Grab yourself your blender and favourite popsicle mold. I share below which one I use.

*Be sure to see the recipe card below for the full ingredients list & instructions!*

NOTE: I use a Nutribullet which isn't a large-capacity blender so I have to make this recipe in two steps. If you have a large blender then throw in all the ingredients and blend together.

STEP 1. Blend fruit. Add the peaches (keeping one sliced peach aside), lemon zest, cornflour, and salt into your blender and blitz until smooth (Images 1 & 2).

STEP 2. Add puree to the remaining ingredients. Add the yogurt and honey to a mixing bowl and pour in the peach puree. Mix until fully combined (Images 3 & 4). Look at that beautiful peachy-pink colour.

STEP 3. Pour mixture into molds. I pour my mixture into a jug with a pouring spout to make this step easier. This is optional but it helps! I like to add the remaining sliced peach into the molds. It's nice to bite down into some of the fresh peaches, plus it looks pretty. Divide the peach mixture evenly between 10 popsicle molds (Images 5 & 6).

NOTE: If you have too much mixture for your popsicles, then pour the remainder into a freezer-safe container, cover, and freeze.

Add the popsicle sticks into the molds and freeze the popsicles for a minimum of 4 hours or until hard. Ideally overnight (Images 7 & 8).

NOTE: Any popsicle mold will work brilliantly. I found these silicon popsicle molds on Amazon and absolutely love them.

TIP: If the popsicle molds that you are using have the ice cream exposed, then make sure to cover that with baking paper, then wrap the molds in plastic wrap. Not only does this stop ice crystals from forming, but also stops other freezer odours from permeating through into the ice cream.